Welcome to your Wednesday morning round-up of stories in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer. All of the links below will take you directly to today’s stories, or you can head straight over to The Legal’s homepage. (Some stories may require registration or a paid subscription.)
The top story this morning is the First Judicial District settling its suit over the Philadelphia family courthouse for $4 million. As reporter Amaris Elliott-Engel writes, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel agreed to pay $2 million, while the firm’s ex-partner Jeffrey Rotwitt’s malpractice insurer, Travelers, agreed to pay $2 million, according to the terms of the settlement.
Below the fold on Page 1, Amaris Elliott-Engel writes that the next chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Kathleen D. Wilkinson, announced that one of her initiatives will be launching a leadership program to assist young attorneys, women attorneys and attorneys of diverse backgrounds in the profession.
Also below the fold on Page 1, reporter Zack Needles writes that a $3.4 million settlement was reached in the death of a 20-year-old college student who died after drunkenly falling 30 feet over a railing at a fraternity house on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus.
In more Regional News on Page 3, reporter Saranac Hale Spencer writes that a federal judge granted most of the attorney fees requested after an employment discrimination case was resolved with a Rule 68 offer of judgment, despite the defense’s argument that one of the attorneys lacked experience in employment cases.
As always, our People in the News section is on Page 2, and the top stories from our sister publications across the country make up the Page 4 National News section.
In an Intellectual Property column on Page 5, Paul F. Prestia asks if patents are becoming impediments to innovation.
In this week’s GC Mid-Atlantic column on Page 7, Timothy Long and Lauri Damrell write about dealing with complex gender-discrimination issues in the workplace.
If you have questions or comments about any of today's stories, or our coverage as a whole, we invite you to email any of the reporters directly. We hope you'll enjoy today's Legal.
Comments